My Biggest Large mouth Bass So Far

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Went on out Saturday I got a hit went to set the hook and my line snapped brand new Spiderwire Ultracast Invisi-Braid Superline 125-Yard/15-Pound had a 1/16 bullet weight and a Gamakatsu 2/0 offset shank worm EWG and worm lost because the line failed, I have some rubbish stock line that came with my Walmart Combo rod and reel called a Booyah 3000 ain't even really anything online about it but so far it's caught me all of my Bass.

 

And I've yet to pop my line fact I've snagged into Lily pads and managed to push through without snapping the line Bass below is what I caught on that Booyah rod and reel.

 

I'm not sure if the maker of Spiderwire will replace my line or if I'm just gonna have to cut my lose on $15 line and never buy another Spiderwire product again.

 

Gonna call them today and talk to them, about it.

I've lost two Bass because of this line snapping and I've lost tackle...

Good thing I brought my Booyah reel that day.

 

Anyways this is the Bass I caught on Sunday, Saturday was a bad day my only fish I would've caught I lost because the line snapped.

 

 

For the size of this man made lake I think it's a decent size.

 

 

[ratherbfishin1]

You could be using the wrong knot because you should use the polymer knot with braid so it doesn't slip as easily... Nice fish though!

[Dtrombly]

Nice fish. I'd ditch that Spider Wire asap and go with a better line. Spiderwire and Stren are the 2 manufacturers I would stay away from, they put out a sorry product. Power Pro makes a great braid and it's cheaper than most higher end braids. 

[All about da bass]

Berkley or Seaguar are my fav lines. Sweet hat though.

Also if I buy a rod and reel combo and it comes with line on it, I automatically rip it off and put one of the two depending on the situation. Normally you can break the line that is the stock line for the combo. That's my opinion, if you want to lose fish because of cheap line that came with it then ok. Sometimes you gotta spend a little money to make money.

[jr231]

No doubt I'd rather use power pro than spiderwire. But I started using spiderwire 11 years ago when I was 14. And used it for 5-6 years without any issues. It's your knot. As suggested use a Palomar knot and it's fine. 

 

 

[N Florida Mike]

You could also check your rod guides to see if they have a burr on them that would cause it to weaken or shred the line. 

I have a rod like that. I lost several good fish with the braided line on that combo before I figured it out .

Palomar knots are great for braided line. Never had one knot slip with it.

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Looks like you guys might be right on the knot part I'm used to doing a stick line into hook eye and spin the line 7 times then run the line into the hole at on top of the hook eye been a tie I've used for all my times fishing looked into the Palomar knot tried it out with some old line appears to be a nice a knot.

 

Might start using that knot as my main knot.

I tried doing a a Uni knot I can't get it right I ever meet up with some that knows how to do that knot have to see if they can show me how to do it.

 

The videos are a bit confusing so where I'm doing something wrong doing the Uni knot.

 

By the way I have some Power Pro Braided Line Moss Green spooled on to my Abu Garcia UltraMax bait caster I bought from Dick's Sporting Good's had them spool the bait caster for me I used the same knot with that line that I've been doing with the Spiderwire Braided line never had the hook slip.

 

But I went outside not long ago and tested out the line appears the knot is slipping twice and twice the line did snap with a bit of force that I used when setting the hook.

 

I do have new line coming and Spiderwire is spending me a replacement spool.

[Fairtax4me]

15lb braid will not hold up well to a heavy hook set. That's basically a finesse style braid that should be used on a medium or light spinning rod with a properly adjusted drag. 

 

Loosen your drag or save the 15lb braid for a light/ultralight tackle setup.

 

Ive found palomar knots to be much more prone to breaking on thin braid. A uni knot with 7-10 wraps is better IMO for small diameter line. When tied properly It puts less pressure on the line where the knot is wrapped. 

 

Congrats on the big bass! That's the first step toward addiction!